In fact when you look more generally at life on Earth, you find that it is all the same kind of life. There are not many different kinds; there’s only one kind. It uses about fifty fundamental biological building blocks, organic molecules. (By the way, when I use the word ‘organic,’ there is no necessary implication of biological origin. All I mean when I say organic is a molecule based on carbon that’s more complicated than CO and CO2.)
Now, it turns out that with trivial exceptions all organisms on Earth use a particular kind of molecule called a protein as a catalyst, an enzyme, to control the rate and direction of the chemistry of life. All organisms on Earth use a kind of molecule called a nucleic acid to encode the hereditary information and to reproduce in the next generation. All organisms on Earth use the identical code book for translating nucleic acid language into protein language. And while there are clearly some differences between, say, me and a slime mold, fundamentally we are tremendously closely related. The lesson is, don’t judge a book by its cover. At the molecular level, we are all virtually identical. – Carl Sagan, The Varieties of Scientific Experience

Fingerbanger 1: Da Bush Babees (Feat. De La Soul) – The Love Song (Extended Remix) (don lowed)

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Where is Sen Dog?  A bit of Cuban flavor would’ve kicked this up a notch.

Fingerbanger 2: Prince Fatty – Insane In The Brain (don lowed)

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It’s all about the breaks today. And breaking things like my fingers, my patience, my neutrality.

Fingerbanger 3: Tha Trickaz – Gypsy Robot (Original Mix) (don lowed)

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“The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.” — Carl Sagan

Mr. Bongo rules the day.

Fingerbanger 4: Lenni Sesar – Morris Park (Bonde Do Role Remix 1 Instrumental) (don lowed)

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All up on the breaks: Broken binds, busted bikes, beat-up but building the beautiful beast. Krushed and sorted is kinda sorta jungle king.

Fingerbanger 5: Krushed And Sorted – Scatter (Mo Bass For Ya Money Mix) (don lowed)

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